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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1994
FORMS OF TENDER AND FURTHER PARTICULARS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, 34TH FLOOR, QUEENSWAY GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 66 QUEENSWAY, HONG KONG.
TENDER OFFERS WILL CLOSE AT NOON ON MARCH 11.
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AIR CREWMEN WIN QUEEN'S AWARDS
HAVE BEEN FOR THEIR
FIVE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT FLYING SERVICE HONOURED WITH THE AWARDS OF THE QUEEN'S COMMENDATION BRAVERY IN A RESCUE OPERATION INVOLVING A CARGO VESSEL OFF HONG KONG LAST JUNE.
THEY ARE ACTING SENIOR PILOT MICHAEL ELLIS, SENIOR AIR CREWMAN GERMAN TSOI, AIR CREWMAN OFFICER JIMMY CHOI, AND AIR CREWMEN RAYMOND CHANG AND MASON NG, ALL BASED AT HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
THE AWARDS OF THE QUEEN'S COMMENDATION FOR VALUABLE SERVICE IN THE AIR WERE ANNOUNCED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
YEAR.
THE SEA DISASTER OCCURRED SHORTLY BEFORE NOON ON JUNE 27 LAST
A MESSAGE ABOUT A SINGAPOREAN VESSEL "LIAN GANG" SINKING IN ROARING SEAS NEAR THE EYE OF TYPHOON KORYN, 70 NAUTICAL MILES OFF HONG KONG WAS RELAYED TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT'S RESCUE CO-ORDINATION CENTRE.
THE DISTRESS CALL NOTED THAT THERE WERK 26 PEOPLE ON BOARD WHO NEEDED URGENT HELP.
UNDER BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS, HELICOPTERS FROM THE GOVERNMENT FLYING SERVICE AND ROYAL AIR FORCE IMMEDIATELY FLEW TO THE SCENE.
BRAVING STRONG WINDS AND CHOPPY SEAS, THE AIR CREWMEN MANAGED TO WINCH FIVE SURVIVORS TO SAFETY. THE REMAINDER WERE RESCUED BY NEARBY SHIPS AND THE ROYAL AIR FORCE,
IN THE OPERATION, 22 OF THOSE ON BOARD WERE RESCUED, TWO BODIES WERE RECOVERED AND TWO POSTED MISSING.
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103 CAUGHT IN OPERATION AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
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A 24-HOUR OPERATION AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION JOINTLY MOUNTED THE POLICE, THE LABOUR AND IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE TERRITORY HAS RESULTED IN THE ARRESTS OF 103 PERSONS.
BY
THE OPERATION WAS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S ONGOING EFFORT TO FLUSH OUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
THE 88 PERSONS ARRESTED BY THE POLICE HAD BEEN REFERRED TO THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT. THOSE FOUND TO BE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WILL BE REPATRIATED.
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